Leviticus 25:8 BSB — MannaFest

Leviticus 25:8

And you shall count off seven Sabbaths of years—seven times seven years—so that the seven Sabbaths of years amount to forty-nine years.

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ASV

And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and there shall be unto thee the days of seven sabbaths of years, even forty and nine years.

KJV

And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Thou shalt number seven Sabbaths of years - This seems to state that the jubilee was to be celebrated on the forty-ninth year; but in Lev 25:10 and Lev 25:11 it is said, Ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and, A jubilee shall this fiftieth year be. Probably in this verse Moses either includes the preceding jubilee, and thus with the forty-ninth makes up the number fifty; or he speaks of proclaiming the jubilee on the forty-ninth, and celebrating it on the fiftieth year current.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Seven sabbaths of weeks were reckoned from the passover to the feast of pentecost (or fiftieth day, for so pentecost signifies), and so seven sabbaths of years from one jubilee to another, and the seventh is called the fiftieth; and all this honour is put upon the sevenths for the sake of God's resting the seventh day from the work of creation.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְסָפַרְתָּ֣	ve.sa.far.Ta	and you will count	H5608 →
לְךָ֗	le.Kha	for <the> yourself
שֶׁ֚בַע	She.va'	seven	H7651 →
שַׁבְּתֹ֣ת	sha.be.Tot	sabbaths of	H7676 →
שָׁנִ֔ים	sha.Nim	years	H8141 →
שֶׁ֥בַע	She.va'	seven	H7651 →
שָׁנִ֖ים	sha.Nim	years	H8141 →
שֶׁ֣בַע	She.va'	seven	H7651 →
פְּעָמִ֑ים	pe.'a.Mim	times	H6471 →
וְהָי֣וּ	ve.ha.Yu	and they will be	H1961 →
לְךָ֗	le.Kha	to <the> you
יְמֵי֙	ye.Mei	[the] days of	H3117 →
שֶׁ֚בַע	She.va'	seven	H7651 →
שַׁבְּתֹ֣ת	sha.be.Tot	[the] sabbaths of	H7676 →
הַשָּׁנִ֔ים	ha.sha.Nim	<the> years	H8141 →
תֵּ֥שַׁע	Te.sha'	nine	H8672 →
וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים	ve.'ar.ba.'Im	and forty	H705 →
שָׁנָֽה׃	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 2:2
And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
leads to
- Hebrews 4:4
  For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”
- Exodus 31:17
  It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”
- Deuteronomy 5:14
  but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox…
- Exodus 23:12
  For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be…
- Exodus 20:8–11
  Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
Through
Leviticus 23:15
From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, you are to count off seven full weeks.
leads to
- Leviticus 23:10–11
  “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of…
- Exodus 34:22
  And you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.
- Deuteronomy 16:9–10
  You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Leviticus

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Leviticus